Berlin (2007) Movie Script
LOU REED grab
el lbum "Berln" en 1973.
Fue un fracaso comercial.
Durante los siguientes 23 aos,
nunca toc en vivo ese lbum.
Por cinco noches, en diciembre del 2006
en St. Ann"s Warehouse Brooklyn,
Lou Reed toc su obra maestra
acerca del lado oscuro del amor:
los celos, la ira y la prdida"".
Julian Schnabel - 23 de abril, 2007
Gracias.
Quisiera saludar
a la madre de Lou,
que se halla entre la audiencia.
Hola, Toby.
Y a su hermana Meryl,
dondequiera que te encuentres.
Tienes un lindo
"Yiddishe kup" ah.
Si fuera mi hijo estara
muy orgulloso de l.
Escuch este disco mucho antes
de que Lou y yo nos conociramos,
y sent que era la banda de sonido
para gran parte de mi vida.
Me siento orgulloso y bendecido
de conocer a Lou,
y honrado de hacer este trabajo con l,
junto a mi hija Lola
y a los amigos de Lou.
As que por favor,
apaguen sus telfonos celulares,
y pasen un buen rato.
Olvide mencionar
algo, Lou?
No!
Sad song...
Sad song.
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday,
Caroline
Happy birthday to you!
In Berlin
By the wall
You were 510" tall
It was very nice
Candlelight
and Dubonnet on ice
We were
in a small cafe
You could hear
the guitars play
It was very nice
Oh, honey
It was paradise.
When she walked on
down the street
Shes like a child
staring at her feet
But when she passed
the bar
And she heard
the music play
She had to go
in and sing
It had to be
that way
She had to go
in and sing
It had to be
that way
And I said,
"No no no!
Oh, Lady Day!"
I said, "No no no!
Oh, Lady Day!"
After the applause
Had died down
And the people
drifted away
She climbed down
off the bar
And went out
the door
To the hotel
That she called home
It had greenish walls
A bathroom
in the hall
And I said,
"No no no!
Oh, Lady Day!"
I said, "No no no!
Oh, Lady Day!"
No no no!
Men of good fortune
Often cause
empires to fall
While men of poor
beginnings
Often cant
do anything at all
The rich son waits
for his father to die
The poor
just drink and cry
And me
I just dont
care at all
Men of good fortune
Very often
cant do a thing
While men of poor
beginnings
Often can do anything
At heart they try to
Act like a man!
Handle the things
Best way they can
They got no
rich daddy
To fall back on
Men of good fortune
Men of poor beginnings
Men of good fortune
Men of poor beginnings
Men of good fortune
Often cause
empires to fall
While men of poor
beginnings
Often cant do
anything at all
It takes money
to make money, they say!
Look at the Fords
Didnt they
start that way?
Anyway!
It makes no
difference to me
Men of good fortune
Men of poor beginnings
Men of good fortune
Men of poor beginnings
Men of good fortune
Often wish that
they could die
While men
of poor beginnings
Want what they have
To get it,
theyll die!
All the great things
that lifes got to give
They wanna have money
and live
But me
I...
Dont care at all
Men of good fortune
Men of poor beginnings
Men of good fortune
Men of poor beginnings
Caroline says
that Im just a toy
She wants a man,
not just a boy
Oh, Caroline says
Ahh, Caroline says
Caroline says
she cant help but be mean
Or cruel
Or, oh, so it seems
Caroline says
Ahh, Caroline says
She says she doesnt
want a man who leans
Still she is
my Germanic queen
Queen...
Shes my queen
The things she does,
the things she says
People shouldnt
treat others that way
But at first I thought
I could take it all
Just like poison in a vial
She was often very vile
But of course I thought
that I could take it all
Caroline says
that Im not a man
Shell go get it
and catch it catch can
Oh, Caroline says
Caroline says
Caroline says
moments in time
Cant continue
to be only mine
Oh, Caroline says
Ahhhh, Caroline said
She treats me like
Im a fucking fool!
But to me shes still
a German queen...
Queen
Queen...
How do you
think it feels
When youre speeding
and lonely?
How do you
think it feels
When all you can
say is "if only"?
If only I had
a little
If only I had
some change
If only,
if only, if only
How do you
think it feels
And when do you
think it stops?
How do you
think it feels?
When do you
think it stops?
How do you
think it feels
When youve been
up for five days?
Hunting around always
Cause youre
afraid of sleeping
How do you
think it feels
To feel like
a wolf and foxy?
How do you
think it feels
To always
make love by proxy?
How do you
think that feels?
And when do you think
it stops?
When do you
think it stops?
All your two-bit friends
Theyre shootin you
up with pills
They said that
it was good for you
Would cure your ills
I dont care just
where its at
Im just like
an alley cat
And when youre
Filled up to here
with hate
Dont you know
you gotta
Gotta gotta get it-
get it straight?
Filled up to here
with hate
Beat her black and blue
and, baby, get it straight
When youre lookin
through the eyes of hate...
Hazlo de nuevo!
Cielo santo!
All your
two-bit friends
They asked you
for your autograph
They put you
on the stage
They thought, "Hey, baby,
its good for a laugh"
I dont care
just where its at
Cause, honey, Im just
like an alley cat
And when youre filled
up to here with hate
Dont you know you gotta
get it straight?
Filled up to here
with hate
Beat her black and blue
and get it straight
When youre looking
through the eyes of hate
Whoa whoa whoa
When youre looking
through the eyes of it-
Sharon!
Whoa whoa whoa
Whoa whoa whoa
When youre looking
through the eyes of hate
Whoa whoa whoa
whoa whoa whoa
Whoa whoa whoa
Oh, Jim
How could you
treat me this way?
Hey hey
How could you
treat me this way?
Oh, Jim!
How could you
treat me this way?
Hey hey
How could you
treat me this way?
You know you
broke my heart
Ever since
you went away
Now you said that
you loved us
You only made love
to one of us
Whoa whoa
whoa whoa, Jim!
How could you treat
me this way?
Hey hey
You know you
broke my heart
Ever since
you went away
When youre looking
through the eyes of hate
Ah, looking through
the eyes of hate
When youre looking
through eyes of hate
When youre looking
through the eyes of hate.
Caroline says
As she gets up
off the floor
"Why is it...
That you beat me?
It isnt any fun"
Caroline says
As she makes up
her eye
"You ought to learn more
about yourself
You oughta think
more than just "I"
Shes...
Not afraid to die
All of her friends
Call her Alaska
when she takes speed
They laugh
and ask her
What is in her mind
What is in her mind?
Caroline says
As she gets up
from the floor
"You can hit me
all that you want to
But I dont
love you anymore"
Caroline says
While biting her lip
"Lifes meant to be
more than this
And this is a...
A bum trip"
Shes...
Not afraid to die
All of her friends
Ahhh
Call her Alaska
When she takes speed
They laugh
and they ask her
What is in her mind
What is in her mind?
She put her fist
Through the windowpane
It was such
a funny feeling
Its so cold
In Alaska
Its so cold in Alaska
Its so cold
In Alaska
Its so cold.
Theyre taking
her children away
Because they said shes
not a good mother
Theyre taking
her children away
Because she was making it
with sisters and brothers
And everyone else,
all the others
Like the cheap officers,
theyd stand there
And flirt
in front of me
Theyre taking
her children away
Because they said
shes not a good mother
Theyre taking
her children away
Because of the things
that they heard she had done
The black
air-force sergeant
Was not the first one
And all of the drugs
She took every one
Every one
And I am
the waterboy
The real games
not over here
But my heart
is overflowin
Anyway
Im just
a tired man
No words to say
Ahh, since she
lost her daughter
Its her eyes
That fill with water
And me
I am much happier
this way
Theyre taking
her children away
Because they said
Shes not a good mother
Theyre taking
her children away
Because, number one
The girlfriend
from Paris
And the things
that they did
Aw, man, you didnt
have to ask us
And then the Welshman
from India
Who came here
to stay
Theyre taking
her children away
Because they said shes
not a good mother
Theyre taking
her children away
Because of the things
she did in the streets
In the alleys
and the bars
She couldnt be beat,
that miserable rotten slut
She couldnt
turn anyone away
And I?
Im the waterboy
Mommy!
Mommy!
Mommy, Mommy!
Mommy!
And I am
the waterboy
The real games
not over here
But my heart
is overflowin
Anyway
Im just
a tired man
No words to say
But since she lost
her daughter
Its her eyes
That fill with water
And me
Im much happier
this way.
This is the place
Where she lay her head
When she went
to bed at night
And this is the place where
our children were conceived
Candles lit
the room at night
And this is the place
where she cut her wrists
That odd
and fateful night
And I said
"Oh oh
oh oh oh oh
What a feeling"
And I said
"Oh oh oh oh
oh oh
What a feeling"
Oh oh oh oh
oh oh
What a feeling
Oh oh oh oh
oh oh
What a feeling
This is the place
where we used to live
I paid for it with love
and blood
And these are the boxes
she kept on the shelf
Filled with her-
Her poetry
and her stuff
And this is the room
where she took the razor
And cut her wrists that
strange and fateful night
And I said
"Oh oh oh oh
oh oh
What a feeling"
And I said,
"Oh oh oh oh
What a feeling"
I never should
have started
If Id known
itd end this way
But funny thing
Im not at all sad...
That it stopped
this way
This is the place
where she lay her head
When she went
to bed at night
And this is the place
our children were conceived
Candles lit the room
brightly at night
And this is the place
where she cut her wrists
That odd
and fateful night
And I said
"Oh oh oh
oh oh oh
What a feeling"
And I said
"Oh oh oh oh
oh oh
What a feeling"
Oh, so cold,
oh, so cold
Oh, so cold
Oh, so cold.
Staring at my
picture book
She looks like Mary,
Queen of Scots
She seemed very regal
to me
Just goes to show
how wrong you can be
Im gonna stop
Wasting my time
Somebody else
Would have broken
both of her arms
- Sad song
- Sad song...
My castle,
kids and home
I thought she was Mary,
Queen of Scots
I tried so very hard
Shows just how wrong
you can be
Im gonna stop
Wasting my time
Somebody else
Would have broken
Both of her arms
- Sad song
- Sad song...
Sad song...
Candy says
Ive come
to hate my body
And all it requires
In this world
And Candy says
Id like to know
completely
What others
so discreetly
Talk about
Im going to watch
The bluebirds fly
Over my shoulder,
Im...
Im going to watch
them pass me by
Maybe, baby,
when Im older
What do you think
Id see
If I could walk
away from me?
Candy says
And I hate those
quiet places
That cause
the smallest taste
Of what will be
Candy says
I hate those
big decisions
That cause
endless revisions
In my mind
Lou:
Im going to watch
The bluebirds fly
Over my shoulder
Im going to watch
them pass me by
Maybe when Im older
What do you think
Id see
If I could walk
away from me?
- Over my shoulder
- Oooh
Maybe when Im older
Antony!
Esto se titula
el "Minueto Rock".
Paralyzed by hatred
And a piss-ugly soul
If he murdered
the old man
He thought
hed become whole
While listening
at night
To an old radio
Where they danced
to the rock minuet
In the gay bars
At the back of the bar
He consummated hatred
On a cold sawdust floor
While the jukebox
played backbeats
Sniffing coke
off a jar
While they danced
to a rock minuet
School was a waste
He was meant
for the street, but...
School was the only way
That the army
could be beat
The two whores
sucked his nipples
Till he came
on their feet
As they danced
to the rock minuet
He dreamt that the old man
was sunk to his knees
The leather belt tied so tight
that it was hard to breathe
And the studs
from his jacket were as cold
As a breeze
As they danced
to a rock minuet
He pictured the bedroom
Where he heard
the first cry
Mama on all fours
With his daddy behind
And her yell hurt so much,
he had wished hed gone blind
And rocked
to a rock minuet
Go!
In the back of the warehouse
were a couple of guys
They had tied someone up
and sewn up his eyes
And he got so excited,
he came on his thighs
While they danced
to the rock minuet
On Avenue B
someone cruised him one night
He took him in an alley
and then pulled a knife
And he thought of the old man
as he cut his windpipe
And finally danced
to the rock minuet
In the curse
of the alley
The thrill
of the streets
On the bitter
cold docks
Where the outlaws all meet
in euphoria drug
In euphoria heat
You could dance
to the rock minuet
In the thrill
of the needle
And anonymous sex
You could dance
to a rock minuet
So when you dance hard
Slow dancing, when you
dance hard
Slow dancing,
when you dance hard
Slow dancing, when you
dance to a rock minuet.
Standing on the corner
Suitcase in my hand
Jack is in his corset
and Janes in her vest, baby
Me, Im in
a rock n roll band!
Ridin a Stutz Bearcat
Those were
different times
The poets studied
rules of verse
The ladies
rolled their eyes
You know
what theyre saying
Sweet Jane
Oh, sweet Jane
Sweet Jane
Now Jack,
he is a banker
And Jane,
she is a clerk
Both them save
their monies, honeys
And when they come home
from work, ah
Sittin here by the fire
The radio, it does play
A little classical music
"The March of the Wooden
Soldiers"
You could hear Jack say,
he says, "Jane!"
Oh now, baby!
Sweet Jane
Oh-a, sweet Jane
Some people like
to go out dancing
Then theres other people,
baby, they got to work
You better watch me now
Theres some evil mothers
Theyll just tell you that
life is just made outta dirt
The pretty women, baby,
never really faint
And villains always
blink their eyes
The children are
the only ones who blush
That life- life!
That life is just to die
But I wanna tell you
something
Anyone who had a heart
They wouldnt
turn around and break it
And anyone who has
ever played a part
They wouldnt turn around
and hate it
Theyd say, "Jane!"
Sweet Jane
Whoa-oh-oh, Jane
Sweet Jane.
el lbum "Berln" en 1973.
Fue un fracaso comercial.
Durante los siguientes 23 aos,
nunca toc en vivo ese lbum.
Por cinco noches, en diciembre del 2006
en St. Ann"s Warehouse Brooklyn,
Lou Reed toc su obra maestra
acerca del lado oscuro del amor:
los celos, la ira y la prdida"".
Julian Schnabel - 23 de abril, 2007
Gracias.
Quisiera saludar
a la madre de Lou,
que se halla entre la audiencia.
Hola, Toby.
Y a su hermana Meryl,
dondequiera que te encuentres.
Tienes un lindo
"Yiddishe kup" ah.
Si fuera mi hijo estara
muy orgulloso de l.
Escuch este disco mucho antes
de que Lou y yo nos conociramos,
y sent que era la banda de sonido
para gran parte de mi vida.
Me siento orgulloso y bendecido
de conocer a Lou,
y honrado de hacer este trabajo con l,
junto a mi hija Lola
y a los amigos de Lou.
As que por favor,
apaguen sus telfonos celulares,
y pasen un buen rato.
Olvide mencionar
algo, Lou?
No!
Sad song...
Sad song.
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday,
Caroline
Happy birthday to you!
In Berlin
By the wall
You were 510" tall
It was very nice
Candlelight
and Dubonnet on ice
We were
in a small cafe
You could hear
the guitars play
It was very nice
Oh, honey
It was paradise.
When she walked on
down the street
Shes like a child
staring at her feet
But when she passed
the bar
And she heard
the music play
She had to go
in and sing
It had to be
that way
She had to go
in and sing
It had to be
that way
And I said,
"No no no!
Oh, Lady Day!"
I said, "No no no!
Oh, Lady Day!"
After the applause
Had died down
And the people
drifted away
She climbed down
off the bar
And went out
the door
To the hotel
That she called home
It had greenish walls
A bathroom
in the hall
And I said,
"No no no!
Oh, Lady Day!"
I said, "No no no!
Oh, Lady Day!"
No no no!
Men of good fortune
Often cause
empires to fall
While men of poor
beginnings
Often cant
do anything at all
The rich son waits
for his father to die
The poor
just drink and cry
And me
I just dont
care at all
Men of good fortune
Very often
cant do a thing
While men of poor
beginnings
Often can do anything
At heart they try to
Act like a man!
Handle the things
Best way they can
They got no
rich daddy
To fall back on
Men of good fortune
Men of poor beginnings
Men of good fortune
Men of poor beginnings
Men of good fortune
Often cause
empires to fall
While men of poor
beginnings
Often cant do
anything at all
It takes money
to make money, they say!
Look at the Fords
Didnt they
start that way?
Anyway!
It makes no
difference to me
Men of good fortune
Men of poor beginnings
Men of good fortune
Men of poor beginnings
Men of good fortune
Often wish that
they could die
While men
of poor beginnings
Want what they have
To get it,
theyll die!
All the great things
that lifes got to give
They wanna have money
and live
But me
I...
Dont care at all
Men of good fortune
Men of poor beginnings
Men of good fortune
Men of poor beginnings
Caroline says
that Im just a toy
She wants a man,
not just a boy
Oh, Caroline says
Ahh, Caroline says
Caroline says
she cant help but be mean
Or cruel
Or, oh, so it seems
Caroline says
Ahh, Caroline says
She says she doesnt
want a man who leans
Still she is
my Germanic queen
Queen...
Shes my queen
The things she does,
the things she says
People shouldnt
treat others that way
But at first I thought
I could take it all
Just like poison in a vial
She was often very vile
But of course I thought
that I could take it all
Caroline says
that Im not a man
Shell go get it
and catch it catch can
Oh, Caroline says
Caroline says
Caroline says
moments in time
Cant continue
to be only mine
Oh, Caroline says
Ahhhh, Caroline said
She treats me like
Im a fucking fool!
But to me shes still
a German queen...
Queen
Queen...
How do you
think it feels
When youre speeding
and lonely?
How do you
think it feels
When all you can
say is "if only"?
If only I had
a little
If only I had
some change
If only,
if only, if only
How do you
think it feels
And when do you
think it stops?
How do you
think it feels?
When do you
think it stops?
How do you
think it feels
When youve been
up for five days?
Hunting around always
Cause youre
afraid of sleeping
How do you
think it feels
To feel like
a wolf and foxy?
How do you
think it feels
To always
make love by proxy?
How do you
think that feels?
And when do you think
it stops?
When do you
think it stops?
All your two-bit friends
Theyre shootin you
up with pills
They said that
it was good for you
Would cure your ills
I dont care just
where its at
Im just like
an alley cat
And when youre
Filled up to here
with hate
Dont you know
you gotta
Gotta gotta get it-
get it straight?
Filled up to here
with hate
Beat her black and blue
and, baby, get it straight
When youre lookin
through the eyes of hate...
Hazlo de nuevo!
Cielo santo!
All your
two-bit friends
They asked you
for your autograph
They put you
on the stage
They thought, "Hey, baby,
its good for a laugh"
I dont care
just where its at
Cause, honey, Im just
like an alley cat
And when youre filled
up to here with hate
Dont you know you gotta
get it straight?
Filled up to here
with hate
Beat her black and blue
and get it straight
When youre looking
through the eyes of hate
Whoa whoa whoa
When youre looking
through the eyes of it-
Sharon!
Whoa whoa whoa
Whoa whoa whoa
When youre looking
through the eyes of hate
Whoa whoa whoa
whoa whoa whoa
Whoa whoa whoa
Oh, Jim
How could you
treat me this way?
Hey hey
How could you
treat me this way?
Oh, Jim!
How could you
treat me this way?
Hey hey
How could you
treat me this way?
You know you
broke my heart
Ever since
you went away
Now you said that
you loved us
You only made love
to one of us
Whoa whoa
whoa whoa, Jim!
How could you treat
me this way?
Hey hey
You know you
broke my heart
Ever since
you went away
When youre looking
through the eyes of hate
Ah, looking through
the eyes of hate
When youre looking
through eyes of hate
When youre looking
through the eyes of hate.
Caroline says
As she gets up
off the floor
"Why is it...
That you beat me?
It isnt any fun"
Caroline says
As she makes up
her eye
"You ought to learn more
about yourself
You oughta think
more than just "I"
Shes...
Not afraid to die
All of her friends
Call her Alaska
when she takes speed
They laugh
and ask her
What is in her mind
What is in her mind?
Caroline says
As she gets up
from the floor
"You can hit me
all that you want to
But I dont
love you anymore"
Caroline says
While biting her lip
"Lifes meant to be
more than this
And this is a...
A bum trip"
Shes...
Not afraid to die
All of her friends
Ahhh
Call her Alaska
When she takes speed
They laugh
and they ask her
What is in her mind
What is in her mind?
She put her fist
Through the windowpane
It was such
a funny feeling
Its so cold
In Alaska
Its so cold in Alaska
Its so cold
In Alaska
Its so cold.
Theyre taking
her children away
Because they said shes
not a good mother
Theyre taking
her children away
Because she was making it
with sisters and brothers
And everyone else,
all the others
Like the cheap officers,
theyd stand there
And flirt
in front of me
Theyre taking
her children away
Because they said
shes not a good mother
Theyre taking
her children away
Because of the things
that they heard she had done
The black
air-force sergeant
Was not the first one
And all of the drugs
She took every one
Every one
And I am
the waterboy
The real games
not over here
But my heart
is overflowin
Anyway
Im just
a tired man
No words to say
Ahh, since she
lost her daughter
Its her eyes
That fill with water
And me
I am much happier
this way
Theyre taking
her children away
Because they said
Shes not a good mother
Theyre taking
her children away
Because, number one
The girlfriend
from Paris
And the things
that they did
Aw, man, you didnt
have to ask us
And then the Welshman
from India
Who came here
to stay
Theyre taking
her children away
Because they said shes
not a good mother
Theyre taking
her children away
Because of the things
she did in the streets
In the alleys
and the bars
She couldnt be beat,
that miserable rotten slut
She couldnt
turn anyone away
And I?
Im the waterboy
Mommy!
Mommy!
Mommy, Mommy!
Mommy!
And I am
the waterboy
The real games
not over here
But my heart
is overflowin
Anyway
Im just
a tired man
No words to say
But since she lost
her daughter
Its her eyes
That fill with water
And me
Im much happier
this way.
This is the place
Where she lay her head
When she went
to bed at night
And this is the place where
our children were conceived
Candles lit
the room at night
And this is the place
where she cut her wrists
That odd
and fateful night
And I said
"Oh oh
oh oh oh oh
What a feeling"
And I said
"Oh oh oh oh
oh oh
What a feeling"
Oh oh oh oh
oh oh
What a feeling
Oh oh oh oh
oh oh
What a feeling
This is the place
where we used to live
I paid for it with love
and blood
And these are the boxes
she kept on the shelf
Filled with her-
Her poetry
and her stuff
And this is the room
where she took the razor
And cut her wrists that
strange and fateful night
And I said
"Oh oh oh oh
oh oh
What a feeling"
And I said,
"Oh oh oh oh
What a feeling"
I never should
have started
If Id known
itd end this way
But funny thing
Im not at all sad...
That it stopped
this way
This is the place
where she lay her head
When she went
to bed at night
And this is the place
our children were conceived
Candles lit the room
brightly at night
And this is the place
where she cut her wrists
That odd
and fateful night
And I said
"Oh oh oh
oh oh oh
What a feeling"
And I said
"Oh oh oh oh
oh oh
What a feeling"
Oh, so cold,
oh, so cold
Oh, so cold
Oh, so cold.
Staring at my
picture book
She looks like Mary,
Queen of Scots
She seemed very regal
to me
Just goes to show
how wrong you can be
Im gonna stop
Wasting my time
Somebody else
Would have broken
both of her arms
- Sad song
- Sad song...
My castle,
kids and home
I thought she was Mary,
Queen of Scots
I tried so very hard
Shows just how wrong
you can be
Im gonna stop
Wasting my time
Somebody else
Would have broken
Both of her arms
- Sad song
- Sad song...
Sad song...
Candy says
Ive come
to hate my body
And all it requires
In this world
And Candy says
Id like to know
completely
What others
so discreetly
Talk about
Im going to watch
The bluebirds fly
Over my shoulder,
Im...
Im going to watch
them pass me by
Maybe, baby,
when Im older
What do you think
Id see
If I could walk
away from me?
Candy says
And I hate those
quiet places
That cause
the smallest taste
Of what will be
Candy says
I hate those
big decisions
That cause
endless revisions
In my mind
Lou:
Im going to watch
The bluebirds fly
Over my shoulder
Im going to watch
them pass me by
Maybe when Im older
What do you think
Id see
If I could walk
away from me?
- Over my shoulder
- Oooh
Maybe when Im older
Antony!
Esto se titula
el "Minueto Rock".
Paralyzed by hatred
And a piss-ugly soul
If he murdered
the old man
He thought
hed become whole
While listening
at night
To an old radio
Where they danced
to the rock minuet
In the gay bars
At the back of the bar
He consummated hatred
On a cold sawdust floor
While the jukebox
played backbeats
Sniffing coke
off a jar
While they danced
to a rock minuet
School was a waste
He was meant
for the street, but...
School was the only way
That the army
could be beat
The two whores
sucked his nipples
Till he came
on their feet
As they danced
to the rock minuet
He dreamt that the old man
was sunk to his knees
The leather belt tied so tight
that it was hard to breathe
And the studs
from his jacket were as cold
As a breeze
As they danced
to a rock minuet
He pictured the bedroom
Where he heard
the first cry
Mama on all fours
With his daddy behind
And her yell hurt so much,
he had wished hed gone blind
And rocked
to a rock minuet
Go!
In the back of the warehouse
were a couple of guys
They had tied someone up
and sewn up his eyes
And he got so excited,
he came on his thighs
While they danced
to the rock minuet
On Avenue B
someone cruised him one night
He took him in an alley
and then pulled a knife
And he thought of the old man
as he cut his windpipe
And finally danced
to the rock minuet
In the curse
of the alley
The thrill
of the streets
On the bitter
cold docks
Where the outlaws all meet
in euphoria drug
In euphoria heat
You could dance
to the rock minuet
In the thrill
of the needle
And anonymous sex
You could dance
to a rock minuet
So when you dance hard
Slow dancing, when you
dance hard
Slow dancing,
when you dance hard
Slow dancing, when you
dance to a rock minuet.
Standing on the corner
Suitcase in my hand
Jack is in his corset
and Janes in her vest, baby
Me, Im in
a rock n roll band!
Ridin a Stutz Bearcat
Those were
different times
The poets studied
rules of verse
The ladies
rolled their eyes
You know
what theyre saying
Sweet Jane
Oh, sweet Jane
Sweet Jane
Now Jack,
he is a banker
And Jane,
she is a clerk
Both them save
their monies, honeys
And when they come home
from work, ah
Sittin here by the fire
The radio, it does play
A little classical music
"The March of the Wooden
Soldiers"
You could hear Jack say,
he says, "Jane!"
Oh now, baby!
Sweet Jane
Oh-a, sweet Jane
Some people like
to go out dancing
Then theres other people,
baby, they got to work
You better watch me now
Theres some evil mothers
Theyll just tell you that
life is just made outta dirt
The pretty women, baby,
never really faint
And villains always
blink their eyes
The children are
the only ones who blush
That life- life!
That life is just to die
But I wanna tell you
something
Anyone who had a heart
They wouldnt
turn around and break it
And anyone who has
ever played a part
They wouldnt turn around
and hate it
Theyd say, "Jane!"
Sweet Jane
Whoa-oh-oh, Jane
Sweet Jane.